IT Students Won Big in 2024 Research Symposium

April 24, 2024

Our students proved their brilliance again at the 2024 PCEC Research Symposium, securing five prestigious awards including two 1^st places, two 2^nd places, and one 3^rd place totaling $2,350. Their contributions, represented through 21 posters, ranked second among the six PCEC departments. This remarkable success on April 19 underscores the dedication and talent within our student body.

These outstanding research projects were nurtured under the guidance and mentorship of our esteemed faculty, reflecting the collaborative spirit and commitment to excellence in our department.

Below is the list of awards and posters acknowledged, highlighting the commendable efforts of our student authors and their faculty mentors:

1. Tasnim Akter Onishan, Nafeeul Alam Walee, Michael Fojude, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lei Chen, “Detecting Fake Accounts and Identifying Malicious URL Distribution on Social Networks using Deep Learning”, 1st Place Gulfstream Outstanding Female Researcher Award ($1,000), Paper to be submitted for publication.
2. Suhaima Jamal, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hayden Wimmer, “Perception and Evaluation of Text-to-Image Generative AI Models: A Comparative Study of DALL-E, Google Images, GROK, and Stable Diffusion”, 1st Place SALT Award for Computing ($500).
3. Nafeeul Walee, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hayden Wimmer, “Comparative Analysis of Predictive Results from Machine Learning Algorithms”, 2nd Place SALT Award for Computing ($350), Paper to be submitted for publication.
4. Oluwatomisin Ebun Arokodare, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hayden Wimmer, “Transformer Models for Clinical Note Summarization”, 2nd Place Gulfstream Excellence in Engineering Award ($350), Paper to be submitted for publication.
5. Suhaima Jamal, Faculty Mentors: Dr. Meenalosini Vimal Cruz and Dr. Jongyeop Kim, “Cloud-Based Human Emotion Classification Model from EEG Signals”, 3rd Place SALT Award for Computing ($150), Paper published by IEEE UEM Conference.

In addition, the following posters were also highly rated in the symposium:

1. Tasnim Akter Onisha, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jongyeop Kim, “Multi-Label Sound Classification using Deep Learning Techniques”. Paper accepted by an international conference.
2. Tasnim Akter Onisha, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hayden Wimmer, “Facial Expression Analysis for Video Recognition”. Paper to be submitted for publication.
3. Helen Adesola, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lei Chen, “MOVEit Attack: Protecting Organizations from Similar Attacks Using Robotic Process Automation”. Paper to be submitted for publication.
4. Nafeeul Walee, Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jongyeop Kim, “Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Generative Adversarial Networks on Upscaling Satellite Imagery”. Paper to be submitted for publication.